Confucius Institute set up stage to bring foreign people into close contact with Chinese culture

　　Comprehensive news: Confucius Institute set up a stage to bring foreign people into close contact with Chinese culture

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 11th: Xinhua News Agency's foreign reporters reported: As the "Chinese language fever" continues to heat up and the influence of Chinese culture in the world continues to increase, more and more foreigners have entered the Confucius Institute to learn Chinese. Since its establishment, the Confucius Institute has provided assistance for students from all over the world to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture, and has made important contributions to enhancing cultural exchanges and promoting world harmony and diversified development.

Provide Chinese learning opportunities

　　For students all over the world who are eager to learn Chinese, the Confucius Institute provides them with excellent learning opportunities.

　　Akbar Tulsonboif, a Chinese major who graduated from the Tashkent National Oriental College in Uzbekistan, studied Chinese at the local Confucius Institute for a while and became interested in Chinese when he was in high school. Today, with fluent Chinese, Tulson Boyf works for a well-known translation company in Tashkent. He said that now, more and more Chinese enterprises are investing in Uzbekistan, which has also increased the number of Uzbekistan students studying Chinese at the Confucius Institute.

　　Looking at the world, more and more foreigners like Tulson Boyf have a strong interest in learning Chinese. The Confucius Institutes in various countries are flourishing, allowing more foreign students to enter the Chinese language classroom and experience the Chinese culture. charm.

　　Yang Lei, Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at the National Eurasian University in Kazakhstan, said that since its establishment in 2007, the institute has trained more than 10,000 students, covering all ages and occupations; Wang Zhenghai, Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, said At the beginning of the establishment of the college, there were less than 300 registered students. By 2019, there are 22 teaching sites and the number of annual registered students has reached 12310; Liang Guanghan, the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of Athens, Philippines, introduced , Cultivating more than 116,000 students, the scale of the Confucius Institute has expanded rapidly, and its influence is increasing day by day.

　　Andre Bueno, a Brazilian Sinologist and professor of ancient Orientalism at Rio State University, said that it was very difficult to learn Chinese in Brazil 20 years ago. At that time, only São Paulo University had a formal Chinese course. By the time Beijing hosted the Olympic Games in 2008, the situation had changed, but there were still very few books, courses, and related experts on China in Brazil. It can be said that the arrival of the Confucius Institute completely changed this situation, allowing Brazilians to learn Chinese in formal educational institutions, and teachers also have professional qualifications.

Promote an in-depth understanding of Chinese culture

　　Foreign students studying Chinese generally have a strong interest in Chinese culture. While expanding the scale of Chinese teaching, Confucius Institutes also actively help local students to gain a deeper understanding of China and Chinese culture.

　　According to Wang Lijun, the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute of Science and Technology at the Belarusian State Technical University, in July 2019, the institute held a summer camp on the theme of experiencing Chinese culture and Chinese, and invited the deputy president of the Belarusian Chinese Chess Association Dmitry Kalama Jin led the children to explore the magic of Chinese chess together.

　　Wang Lijun said that looking at the Chinese characters on the chess pieces, the distinct Chuhe Han world on the chessboard, and listening to the complicated but ingenious rules of the game, the philosophy embedded in Chinese chess slowly flows into the hearts of every child.

　　Cai Changjie, Executive Chairman of the Chinese Education Coordinating Agency in Jakarta, Indonesia said that learning Chinese is inseparable from understanding Chinese culture. In addition to teaching students Chinese in Indonesia, the Confucius Institute also introduced a lot of knowledge about China, which is not available in many local Chinese classes in Indonesia.

　　Zhu Junli, the dean of the Confucius Institute at Mongolian National University, told reporters that the school holds a variety of cultural activities such as "Chinese Bridge" competitions, calligraphy competitions, Chinese folk dance competitions, and Chinese essay competitions for elementary and middle school students in Mongolia every year. The extracurricular life of the students has also broadened the students' horizons and enhanced their understanding of Chinese language and culture.

Build a bridge of cultural communication

　　In addition to students learning Chinese, many foreign friends also want to learn Chinese and appreciate the charm of Chinese culture. In this regard, the Confucius Institute also plays an important role.

　　Last year was the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig. The Confucius Institute at the University of West Flanders in Belgium chose a local pig farm to host the "Spring Festival Evening." Programs about the Chinese zodiac signs and Chinese New Year folklore made many locals very curious, and thus developed Chinese culture. Interest; this year is the Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat. The Spring Festival Gala of the Institute was chosen to be held in Ostend, because Ostend was the starting point of the “Sea Silk Road” from Belgium to China in the 18th century. The head of the zodiac.

　　Pan Zhangxian, the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at West Flanders University, said that every year the "Spring Festival Evening" of the Confucius Institute will look for a suitable place to hold the Chinese zodiac signs and the folk features of the Chinese New Year. Local people.

　　The Confucius Institute at the University of Malaya also conducts a variety of cultural activities to deepen the campus and community to help local people better understand China and Chinese culture, enhance mutual understanding between the people of the two countries, and promote the communication between people. Among them, some activities have become brand projects, such as the "Chinese Singing Competition for Malaysian College Students" hosted by the Confucius Institute, which has been held for many sessions so far, and the social response has been very good.

　　Sun Mingyang, deputy director of the Confucius Institute Latin America Center, said that the Confucius Institute project can not only help Latin American people understand Chinese culture, but also spread excellent Latin American culture to China. For example, the Confucius Institute organized Chinese youths to participate in football summer camps in Brazil. The visiting Chinese college art troupes organized exchanges with local art troupes. The Latin American students’ summer camps visited China and visited some schools and institutions in China. Music and dance programs, these activities play a two-way cultural exchange. (Participating reporters: Cai Guodong, Ren Jun, Lin Hao, Yu Wei, Xia Peng, Wei Zhongjie, Li Jia, Zheng Shibo, Asgang, Pan Geping, Yin Nan, Zhang Xiaoran, Zhao Yan, Chen Weihua)